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Cohen Media Group |
Release Date:
June 9, 2023
Summary:
Occupied France, 1942. Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. En route to the camp, he narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, as one of the soldiers’ superior officers is “looking for a Persian,” and has promised additional rations to the soldier who delivers. Gilles is then assigned a literal life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch (Lars Eidinger), who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of “Farsi” every day and teaching them to Koch. The unusual relationship between the two men sparks jealousy in other prisoners and particularly the SS guards towards Gilles. Meanwhile Koch’s suspicions grow every day, and Gilles struggles with the unfairness of his privileges compared to his fellow prisoners, while fighting to maintain his secret and survive.
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| Runtime: | 127 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://cohenmedia.net/product/persian-lessons |
| Production: | LM Media |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Countries: | DE, RU, BY |
| Languages: | English, German, French, Italian, Persian |
| Home Release Date: | Jul 18, 2023 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Vadim Perelman | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Ilja Zofin | Screenplay |
| Wolfgang Kohlhaase | Novella "Erfindung Einer Sprache" |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Alexander Beyer | Camp Commandant |
| Andreas Hofer | Adjutant Von Dewitz |
| David Schütter | Paul |
| Giuseppe Schillaci | Marco Rossi |
| Jonas Nay | Max |
| Lars Eidinger | Klaus Koch |
| Leonie Benesch | Elsa |
| Luisa-Céline Gaffron | Jana |
| Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | Gilles |
| Nico Ehrenteit | SS-Obersturmführer Eugen Krupp |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Antonin Chalon | Jacob Rossi |
| Felix von Bredow | SS-Untersturmführer Siemens |
| Pascal Elso | French Policeman |
| Peter Beck | Nazi Doctor |
| Serge Barbagallo | France KAPO |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Anouk van Ghemen | Consulting Producer |
| Elizaveta Chalenko | Co-Producer |
| Ilja Zofin | Producer |
| Ilya Dzhincharadze | Co-Producer |
| Ilya Stewart | Producer |
| Jamila Wenske | Co-Producer |
| Murad Osmann | Producer |
| Pavel Burya | Producer |
| Rauf Atamalibekov | Producer |
| Sol Bondy | Co-Producer |
| Timur Bekmambetov | Producer |
| Vadim Perelman | Producer |
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